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The City of Tulsa and the Tulsa Beautification Foundation have partnered to create a new sign program to reduce clutter on the arterial streets and eliminate public safety hazards resulting from illegal signs in the right of way.
The 2nd annual Mayor’s Entrepreneurial Spirit Award competition has come to a close with this year’s winner taking home a $30,000 award from Spirit Bank, with an additional $30,000 match from i2e. A private, non-profit corporation, i2e focuses on wealth creation in the technology-based industries.
Mayor Kathy Taylor was joined today by North Tulsa leaders to announce developments on economic incentives for the area.
Press - Taylor to Address US Conference of Mayors in Miami
Posted on: June 20, 2008Mayor Kathy Taylor will address the U.S. Conference of Mayors twice when that group meets in Miami, FL, for its annual conference this weekend.
The keynote speaker will be U.S. Sen. Barack Obama who will address the group Saturday morning.
Mayor Taylor will speak Friday in a session called “Digital Literacy: How to Build a Globally Competitive Workforce in Your City.” The session addresses “workforce enhancement and micro/small business stimulus programs.” Mayor Taylor was chosen for the session as a mayor of a city that has “implemented highly-focused digital inclusion strategies.”
She will speak again on Sunday in a session entitled “Community/Military Relations Task Force,” which examines best practices in community and military relations. Mayor Taylor has launched several initiatives for Tulsa veterans and active military personnel and their families, including the Veteran’s Help on the Home Front program which was announced earlier this week.
During the U.S. Conference of Mayor’s meeting, participating mayor’s “will debate and vote on policy recommendations to forward to Congress and the new Presidential administration on topics including the economy, vacant and abandoned properties, global warming and climate protection, illegal guns and violent crime, high-school dropout rates and public education” and more.